Terrelle Pryor is Not A Superstar, Yet

You even sicken the Event Staff guy

Saturday’s prime-time battle between USC and Ohio State could have been Terrelle Pryor’s coming out party.  Everyone already knew the name but Pryor had yet to assert himself as the next big thing in NCAA football.  To do that, you need at least one big win on national TV under your belt or at least the ability to talk a good game.  When the Horseshoe cleared out late Saturday night, it was clear that Pryor had neither.  Also clear is that we all need to temper our hate for Matt Barkley because it appears he’s going to be around for awhile. Quick, somebody ask him if what are his feelings on Jesus and virginity.

Pryor finished 11 for 25 against the Trojans with no TDs and one interception and only managed 36 yards on the ground.  Obviously, those numbers aren’t going to win him any Heisman Trophies, but that doesn’t stop the truly great ones from seizing their spot in history.  It all comes down to the post-game interview, that’s where legends are made.  And if Pryor failed on the field, his post-game comments deserve to be described by a word that is a hyperbole for failure and I am incapable of coming up with.  My ability to think of such a description is on par with Pryor’s performance with the media.

“We should have beat them by two or three touchdowns. Easy, man,” Pryor said after the defeat.  That’s a great start.  Anytime you lose a game, superstars quickly point out that they are still 20-points better than the opponents.  Phrases like, ‘the problem was we took them for granted’ or ‘we’re so great we tried to win with our ‘C’ game’ can be useful here.  Pryor still managed to screw this up though.

“We’ve got to punch it in offensively,” he said. “It just comes down to me. I take the whole blame for it.”  And with that, Pryor’s bandwagon ran off the road, burst into flames, fell off a cliff, exploded and the parts were salvaged and sent to a Mexican auto maker.  Answer me this, Terrelle, if you are the best player in America, how can a loss be your fault?  You are to blame the officials, your teammates, the fans, the coaches, the media and the officials again, in that order, but never yourself.  You should have said didn’t execute because they were in awe of playing beside you.  That would have catapulted you into Tebow-status.  Instead, these remarks leave people to wonder who the best QB in Ohio is, you or Theo Scott (who? Exactly).

Until you prove you deserve it, I’m taking the superfluous ‘E’ out of your name, Terrelle.  Heroes get to spell their names wrong and make everyone else learn it.  Until you prove that you can be an arrogant, self-serving superstar, you don’t.

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